PAXIL Reviews (PAROXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 2.9 (1018 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare PAXIL with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR PAXIL | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | depression | I have been taking Paxil for a few years, and I am not sure of what might be a side effect other than short term memory loss. | One year ago I decided to stop taking Paxil to see if my memory loss would improve. I didn't take it for three months, and that was the worst three months of my life. I could barely function from depression. I lost 20 lbs, didn't really want to live. After starting paxil again, I can cope with my life, though I still feel sad a lot. | F | 72 | 6 years | 8/7/2006 | 1 | panic/anxiety | bad sexual side effects, some weight gain... HORRIBLE WITHDRAWAL | Even though this drug helped a lot with my panic and anxiety, when I went to slowly wean myself off it, it was the worst experience of my life. I cannot believe the horrible thoughts and feelings I had while going off this medicine. It caused severe depression even after being off it for 4 months, along with insomnia and a host of flu-like problems. For that reason alone, I urge people to not take this medicine. | F | 35 | 7 years | 8/7/2006 | 3 | Agoraphobia, Anxiety Disorder | Sleepiness, Yawning, Weakness, Heart Palpitations | I recently went back on paxil again. I was on paxil from 1994-2001 and did wonderfully at a dose of 30mg. Then I was put on Celexa due to weight gain from paxil. Celexa didn't help as much with the anxiety when it came back this spring so I again decided to go back on paxil. This time I am finding it's harder to adjust to the sleepiness and initial feelings of weakness, perhaps because I'm older. I'm going to continue trying it because from what I remember I was at my most functional and happiest when this drug reached it's therapeutic level. | F | 33 | 2 weeks | 8/6/2006 | 1 | depression/anxiety | inability to orgasm is making me more insane!!! | very dizzy, trouble focusing, can't sleep even though i am tired, so hungry | F | 38 | 7 days | 8/4/2006 | 5 | depression anxiety | none | M | 52 | 1 years | 7/29/2006 | 3 | anxiety/depression | sweating, sleeplessness | So scared. I don't know if I should hope it works or not. Those addiction stories are daunting. | F | 37 | 2 days | 7/28/2006 | 1 | Depression and anxity | I can't have an orgasam and I've been in a relationship for a year. Also for me the medicine plain out just didn't work it made it worse. | F | 20 | | 7/28/2006 | 2 | Depression/Anxiety | No side effects until after 6 months: weight gain (33 lbs w/in 6 months), thinning hair, haziness, difficulty concentrating, increased high's and low's, panic attacks, swelling in the stomach (no i'm not pregnant) | I rated it 2 and not a 1 because for the first several months, it did serve its intended purposes of calming my anxiety and preventing severe depression. After this time though, I'd definitely lower the score to 1 or even .5 For those who claim that others only try it for "a couple of days and then just give up" let me tell you something, you are the exception to the rule and good for you that you don't have to experience what so many of us have, but you have no right to judge someone else's issues! Get a freakin' grip and grow up! | F | 23 | 2 days | 7/25/2006 | 1 | depression | self-injury, anger, no sex drive, extreme mood swings | i was only 16 when i was taking this and i was worse off taking it than not. i was extremely angry and cut myself far more than i had before taking the drug. i have since been diagnosed with bipolar disorder so that could be part of the reason this drug did not help me. | F | 20 | 6 months | 7/23/2006 | 1 | anxiety & depression | i've been on paxil twice. the first time, i stopped it because of horrid rage attacks. i would just explode at anything. withdrawal is torture - even if you take the drug for a short time. the second time i was on it (big mistake on my part, but i was really suffering with anxiety attacks) i developed very odd bruising all over my legs. i was extremely constipated - i was literally living on prune juice and laxatives. i couldn't remember anything. the anxiety had went away and i felt fine mentally. but the side effects weren't worth it. i haven't found an antidepressant that really works for me. | i would be careful with this drug - it's very powerful and i'd say that most doctors don't realize this. mine didn't, and he didn't believe me when i went to him with the bruising and memory loss. he actually acted as if i were crazy. | F | 25 | 3 months | 7/17/2006 | 4 | panick attacks , depression, | It's weired or I'm lucky but I didn't really get any side effects except for insomnia and tired all day but I think I was already like that anyway. | It takes a long time to work and it works gradually. | F | 25 | 1 years | 7/15/2006 | 3 | GAD, social phobia | EXTREME excessive sweating, (soaked through clothes just being outside 5 minutes and even when cold), heart palpitations to the point it made my anxiety WORSE, dizziness when standing up or moving head around to look at anything. | This medication was alright for a little while until I realized that my other health problems were side effects of the drug. My doctor prescribed this initially for anxiety and by the end of the year and a half of taking it I was worse than when I started. The sweating was so bad I couldn't bare to go anywhere if it was hotter than subarctic temperatures outside. Doc prescribed some topical agents that just dried out my skin but didn't stop the sweating. The heart palpitations were so bad I had to go in for testing and heart monitors. I was prescribed an anti-vertigo med for the dizziness which didn't help. I felt generally spaced out on this. It DID however dull my mood swings but to the point I wasn't as sharp as I am without it. I found myself feeling like "freaking" out on occasion, especially when surrounded by people or when in the car with others. I didn't notice any sexual or weight side effects though. | F | 22 | 1.5 days | 7/5/2006 | 1 | depression | The popular antidepressant drug Paxil used by millions of Americans has been linked to linked to birth defects, miscarriages and suicides among patients. | M | 29 | | 6/30/2006 | 5 | Anxiety, Panic, Depression | Dry mouth, lowered sex drive for a month or so, insomnia, weight gain, yawning. They all go away if you stick with it and let Paxil do its job. | For all you people who keep saying "Oh! I gained weight! I lost my sex drive! I have to go off Paxil because I gained so much weight!" Look - if you're seriously stopping Paxil because you're gaining a few pounds, then it's pretty obvious the panic, anxiety or depression you have is a JOKE and is not bad at all. If weight gain is more important to you than panicking every day, being depressed every day and feeling anxious all the time, then you need a serious reality check. Get some perspective, people. You have to give Paxil a month or so to start completely working. Once you do, the side effects will go away and you'll feel 100% better. But most people try it for 1 or 2 days and hate the side effects and quit. Once again, if the minor side effects are worse than your panic, depression or anxiety, then perhaps your 'problems' aren't really problems at all. | M | 34 | 8 years | 6/29/2006 | 5 | Depression | Felt great, after three weeks, side effects like nausea and sexual troubles whent away, but I FELT SO so great I whent manic, now they want me on all these crazy mood stabilizers, and all I can wonder is if it was all the paxil, never had mania before paxil, beware ! | It istricky, you can read and read, but everyone is different, it is best to try it on your own, what works for one might not for another. If you ever have been manic, you def dont want any SSRI or anti-d. | M | 26 | 1.5 years | 6/27/2006 | 4 | Social Anxiety Disorder | Really awful sexual side effects. Jerking off took forever. | Other than the lessened sexual ability, this stuff really calmed me down, helped me out. I got fewer panic attacks, felt more like myself, became more social and outgoing. I recommend it...just don't bother telling the shrink about the very delayed orgasm. | M | 23 | 3 years | 6/23/2006 | 3 | anxiety | jaw clentching,body tension,30 lb. weight gain, extreme sleppinees during the day, no motivation, some twitches... | I have been increasing my dosage very slowly...I will say it helped my anxiety, however I will not stay on a drug with this kind of weight gain even while staying active & proper diet, I'm tired of feeling my body all tensed up, yawning and so tired I feel like I have to lie down at that EXACT moment! I'll slowly take myself off and try something else with my doctors help. | F | 47 | 8 months | 6/18/2006 | 1 | night terrors. sweats | M | 50 | 1 years | 6/18/2006 | 3 | panic/ anxiety | weight gain, short term memory problems, at first no orgasam, but that seemed to fix it's self | worked Ok for a while, but I started to have panic attacks again. I was at 50mg and didn't want to increase- I thought my dose was already high. I did put on about 17 pounds in 9 months. I just finished taking my last pill 3 days ago. I did feel sick each time I lowered the dose, but only for a day or two.My Dr. told me to lower by 10 mg every 10 days. Taking Xanax helps to quit this medication too | F | 36 | 9 months | 6/17/2006 | 1 | anxiety, panic attacks | Weight gain, robotic addictive existence, increased compulsive behaviour incl. hoarding, hair pulling, gambling; lack of self care with hygeine, eating; sweet & carbo craving; some very agressive behaviour; loss of creative drive; diminished sexual drive & capacity, and more...... | Feedbacks show that this drug is extremely powerful in its negative affects beyond the target problems. For this reason, and because many Doctors are negligent in their management of the use and withdrawals, I would never recommend this drug (also known as Aropax. If I thought side effects were bad then I was about to be taken to a level of extreme distress when withdrawing. Have since learnt that going from 10mg alternate days as the final level was not low enough -but no warning was given. Withdrawals can take around 7-10 days AFTER your last dose and then extend for weeks months or years - so I have read. Currently for me it is 7 weeks free of the drug but 6 weeks of hell -weeks of nausea and sweating, extreme mental irritation, completely upset gastro system -burping and diarrhoea; one bout of strong anxiety, one bout of suicidal thoughts,constant exhaustion; kidney or lower back ache, pains down legs; shuffling gait. Current main symptom is exhaustion in daytime and alertness, som | F | 52 | 3 years | 6/13/2006 |